Chapter 107 The Marquis’s Commoner Wife 17
On the tenth night after Han Yongjin left the mansion, the main courtyard where the marquis’s wife lived suddenly caught fire. The fire burned half the sky red and illuminated the night of the capital.

By the time the fire was finally put out, only one and a half of the six main rooms in the main courtyard were left.

The servants dug out two bodies from the ashes. The bodies had been burnt beyond recognition. There was a burnt black jade pendant on the neck of one of the bodies. After identification by the maid Dong Xiao, it was confirmed that the body belonged to the lady. This jade pendant was a pair with the one on the marquis, and the lady never took it off!

Needless to say, the other body was Qiu Sheng’s.

It was her turn to be on duty last night.

The bodies of the two were burned completely. If it weren’t for the jade pendant, it would be impossible to tell who was who.

Everyone in the mansion had a sad look on their face, but the only one who was truly sad for Ning Yan was Dong Xiao, who was crying inconsolably.

The news of the death of the wife of Marquis Zhennan finally spread, and the Ning family hurried to the Marquis’ Mansion. Ning’s mother and several sisters-in-law cried at the top of their lungs when they saw the corpses of their own children.

The men of the Ning family wished they could go back to the past and drive the matchmaker and Marquis Zhennan out of the house with sticks. That way, their sister would at least still be alive.

Ning Yan’s body was buried after three days of lying in state.

The Ning family immediately sold the shop and moved back to Ningjia Village.

However, the family was in depression for a long time, and they did not recover until Marquis Zhennan came to their door.

Ning’s father and mother sat on the chairs without saying a word, ignoring the Marquis of Zhennan.

Marquis Zhennan discovered that the two elders seemed to have aged ten years in an instant.

Ning Lao Er thought so highly of Han Yongjin in the past, and now he hates him so much, “How dare you come? It’s only been a short time since my good sister married you?

Not even a year has passed and the person is gone!
How dare you come to my house again?”

Boss Ning rushed into the yard, picked up a shovel and hit Zhennan Hou on the head, “Give me back my sister, give me back my sister!”

It’s impossible to take a picture of him. Even if the Marquis of Zhennan doesn’t want to hide, there are several guards following him!

How can Boss Ning really succeed?
Ning Laosan hugged his eldest nephew who went to get a kitchen knife with red eyes. He could not feel any sympathy for Han Yongjin, who was untidy and decadent. He even wanted to chop him into pieces!
Liefeng pulled the Marquis’ arm and persuaded him, “Marquis, let’s leave first. You’ve seen it too. If we stay any longer, we won’t be able to get anything out of you…

It’s better to check directly from the government office!”

It was just the people in the mansion who did it. Although the Ning family did live in the capital before, what could they know?
“Father-in-law, eldest uncle, second uncle, and third uncle, wait until I avenge Yan’er, then I will come home to apologize to you!”

“Get lost! Who wants your apology? Return our sister to us if you can!”

The Marquis of Zhennan’s lips trembled. He could go to heaven or hell, and even die with Yan’er, but he couldn’t give this family a living Ning Yan!
When he walked out of the Ning family’s gate, he could no longer hold on and fainted.

Lie Feng hurriedly hugged the man, “My Lord, My Lord… Come back home immediately, Xiao Si will go back and get the imperial physician first!”

The Marquis was already heartbroken because of the news of his wife’s death, and he had been traveling day and night for four days. He was already very weak at this time. After being tortured by the Ning family like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to recover easily from this illness.

Just as Liefeng expected, Han Yongjin was in a coma for three days before waking up. After waking up, he called Liefeng over.

“How’s the check going?”

Some things can be found out as long as you want to.

“I have carefully asked the servants in the lower courtyard. On the fourth day of April, when the Madam was basking in the sun in the courtyard, the two concubines Zhang and Bai chatted with the Madam for nearly an hour. At that time, they sent the servants away. Dong Xiao did not know what the three of them talked about.

After the two of them left, the lady was in a bad mood.

I have asked the two concubines, and it was the maidservant beside Concubine Chu who said that the Madam could not have another child after the miscarriage, so Concubine Zhang asked someone to find a health-preserving prescription and send it to the Madam.

In addition, the maidservant beside the old lady specifically told Aunt Zhang and the other two about what happened that night. The two of them thought that your direct punishment of Xiangyun was a manifestation of your love for the lady, so they told her about it…” Han Yongjin closed his eyes tightly. In fact, he had expected this a long time ago, because the lady’s abnormality was too obvious, but he didn’t dare to mention it. He was too scared that the lady would close her heart and never accept him again.

As a result, what you fear will come true and it will happen.

He looked at Liefeng and uttered two words with difficulty: “Continue.”

Liefeng: “The cause of the fire in the main courtyard has been found out. The fire started in the lady’s bedroom.

The Dali Temple said that the fire was definitely man-made.

I have also interrogated all the servants in the main courtyard. They were all resting in their own rooms at the time. When the fire started, they went out together to put out the fire. They can all testify that they did not go out that night. “

Han Yongjin felt a buzzing in his head. The fire broke out at 12:30 am. The door to the main courtyard had been closed long ago and the servants were all in their rooms. How could an outsider get into the lady’s bedroom?

Moreover, the fire started in the bedroom, and the maid slept on the couch in the outer room.

There is only one conclusion: it was the lady who started the fire herself!

At this moment, Han Yongjin felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife!
He knew best how much she loved children. She suddenly found out that she couldn’t have children and also learned that her husband had slept with another woman. He didn’t give her any explanation, so she became obsessed with it and started to ignore him and even hate him.

Aunt Bai’s pregnancy was the last straw that broke the camel’s back!
So much so that, in the end, I chose to leave in such a decisive way…

Liefeng felt that the lady might have set the fire herself, but there was something he couldn’t understand. The lady loved both maids Qiu Sheng and Dong Xiao very much, so why would she take Qiu Sheng with her to die in such a very painful way?

He thought about it for several nights but couldn’t figure it out.

“Let Aunt Zhang go to the small Buddhist temple to copy scriptures and pray for Madam for a hundred days.” As for Aunt Bai, “As for the other one, keep her under house arrest after she gives birth to the child.”

Aunt Zhang may not have done it on purpose, but Aunt Bai definitely did.

Once she gives birth to the baby, she won’t have to come out again.

After lying in the front yard for another three days, Han Yongjin’s body finally recovered a little. The first thing he did was to go to Aunt Chu’s yard.

If it were in the past, she would be extremely happy if the Marquis came to her courtyard, but today, she always had a bad feeling.

She stepped forward carefully and bowed, “Cousin, you are here. Are you feeling better?”

Han Yongjin’s cold eyes fell on Chu Yingying’s face, “Are you happy? Are you particularly proud now? Now that Yan’er is gone, you can take the position.”

Chu Yingying quickly shook her head: “Cousin, I don’t mean that, please don’t…”

Han Yongjin didn’t want to hear her excuses anymore, so he raised his leg and kicked Chu Yingying’s thigh. There was a cracking sound, and then Chu Yingying screamed, “Ah, my leg!”

“This is what you owe to the Madam. I will never set foot in your courtyard again. If you are willing to enter the mansion as a concubine, then you can stay in this small courtyard for the rest of your life.”

After saying this, he didn’t even look at Chu Yingying again and walked out of the yard.

All the servants in Wutong Courtyard were trembling with fear, and no one dared to make a sound.

The Marquis ignored these people and ordered Liefeng as soon as he left the courtyard: “From now on, this courtyard will be sealed off. Leave a maid to serve Aunt Chu, and no one else is allowed to visit.”

Liefeng obeyed the order.

Soon, the servants of Wutong Courtyard were dismissed. Some were assigned to other courtyards, and some were sold.

　The update is complete.

　
(End of this chapter)